Alive after four days

Well, I'm still alive and so glad I went on my own for a bit. I can now boast that I took the public bus on my own in India...once at 4am at a station occupied solely with shady looking men. I probably wouldn't have made it through this short trip without the genuinely altruistic help of a few really good guys I met along the way.

In the meantime, it sounds like drama unfolded in my tour group and they're not doing so well together. Sigh...we have one more week to go in each other's company. It may be time to plan another vacation away from them.